Newport Beach, CA – October 30, 2014 – American Vanguard Corporation (NYSE:AVD), today announced financial results for the third quarter and nine-month period ended September 30, 2014.

Fiscal 2014 Third Quarter Financial Highlights – versus Fiscal 2013 Third Quarter Results
• Net sales declined from $97.2 million to $71.6 million
• Net income declined from $8.9 million to $0.7 million
• Earnings per diluted share declined from $0.31 to $0.03

Eric Wintemute, Chairman and CEO of American Vanguard, stated: “Our third quarter and nine month financial results are considerably below our record-setting performance for the same periods during the prior year. As you may recall, adverse weather in the Midwest led to surplus inventory of corn products in the distribution channel. Over 80% of our diminished sales revenue in the third quarter of 2014 resulted from lower restocking orders for granular soil insecticides, as the distribution channel worked off excess 2013 carryover inventory. At this point in the year, we believe that current inventory levels in the channel are much closer to the historical average. While we experienced some softness in our cotton and mosquito control insecticides, most of our other product lines performed at or above their seasonal expectations.”

Mr. Wintemute concluded, “As we approach the 2015 planting season, we expect to see improving demand for our industry-leading portfolio of granular SmartBox® products as well as for our new liquid, fertilizer-ready corn soil insecticide Xpedient®. We intend to gradually raise our manufacturing utilization rates and expect to benefit from the process improvements, in-sourcing and cost reductions that we have implemented. We will continue tight control of our operating expenses while maintaining the organization’s capabilities to capitalize on promising product acquisition and development opportunities. While challenging conditions may continue in the agricultural market, American Vanguard has the ability to adapt and the strength to generate greater growth, strong profitability and solid shareholder returns.” 2

Conference Call
Eric Wintemute, Chairman & CEO and David Johnson, VP & CFO, will conduct a conference call focusing on the financial results at 4:30 pm ET / 1:30 pm PT on Thursday, October 30, 2014. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 201-493-6744 - please call in 10 minutes before the call is scheduled to begin, and ask for the American Vanguard call. The conference call will also be webcast live via the News and Media section of the Company’s web site at www.american-vanguard.com. To listen to the live webcast, go to the web site at least 15 minutes early to register, download and install any necessary audio software. If you are unable to listen live, the conference call will be archived on the Company’s web site.

About American Vanguard
American Vanguard Corporation is a diversified specialty and agricultural products company that develops and markets products for crop protection and management, turf and ornamentals management and public and animal health. American Vanguard is included on the Russell 2000® and Russell 3000® Indexes as well as the S&P Small Cap 600 Index. To learn more about American Vanguard, please reference the Company’s web site at www.amvac-chemical.com.

The Company, from time to time, may discuss forward-looking information. Except for the historical information contained in the conference call referenced in this release, all forward-looking statements are estimates by the Company’s management and are subject to various risks and uncertainties that may cause results to differ from management’s current expectations. Such factors include weather conditions, changes in regulatory policy and other risks as detailed from time-to-time in the Company’s SEC reports and filings. All forward-looking statements, if any, in this release represent the Company’s judgment as of the date of this release.